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Issue: Giant-Size Man-Thing #5
Publication Date: August 1975
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Issues: #5 of 5 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 04/15/1975
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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Title Page
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Cover, Front
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Adult Image
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Three Faces of Fear!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, humorous, occult
Character(s): Tally Emmett
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEssential Howard the Duck #1 published February 2002
as Three Faces of Fear! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMan-Thing Omnibus #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 2012
as Three Faces of Fear! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Fear Times Three!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
First Line: May 1, 1971: the Citrusville, Florida fairgrounds...
Synopsis: Theodore Sallis and Ellen visit a fortune teller at a fair and are told stories of the Man-Thing.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMan-Thing Omnibus #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 2012
as Fear Times Three! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Frame story encompassing the following three features. This story takes place before Man-Thing's first appearance. Final page of this sequence appears after the story Lifeline.
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There's a Party in 6G!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Ehrthold; Mrs. Calley; Allen Calley; Margaret
First Line: The year: 1975. The address: 345 Clinton Street in Atlanta, Georgia...
Synopsis: Man-Thing goes up against satanists.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMan-Thing Omnibus #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 2012
as There's a Party in 6G! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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The Sins of the Fathers...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Kip Powers (death); Tally Emmett (death); Ted Emmett; Mrs. Emmett; Mr. Powers; Mrs. Powers
First Line: Time: it is a concept quite alien to the macabre murk-dweller called the Man-Thing.
Synopsis: Two kids secretly meet out in the swamp because their fathers hate each other.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMan-Thing Omnibus #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 2012
as The Sins of the Fathers... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Lifeline!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Jackson Hunter
First Line: Concentrate now. Observe the enemy.
Synopsis: A mad multimillionaire sends his well-trained commandos to take revenge on Man-Thing.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMan-Thing Omnibus #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 2012
as Lifeline [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Man-Thing; Howard the Duck; Garko, the Man-Frog
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Editorial explains this is the final issue to be replaced by Giant-Size Guardians of the Galaxy, a title that instead became a regular sized comic when the Giant-Size line was phased out.

Includes letters from Bob Rodi, Ed O'Reilly, Randy Lompe, David J. Roy, Fred G. Hembeck and Marvel Value Stamp #79 (Kang).
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Hellcow!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, horror
Character(s): Commissioner Gordonski; Jubal Brown; Hans (flashback)
First Line: In a Cleveland, Ohio, jail cell...
Synopsis: Howard battles a vampire cow.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Treasury Edition #12 [Regular] published October 1976
as Hellcow! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSilver Surfer vs. Dracula #1 published February 1994
as Hellcow! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Howard the Duck #1 published February 2002
as Hellcow! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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A Sight for Sore Eyes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Something strange was going to happen that no mortal should be allowed to see!
Synopsis: A nearsighted burglar tries to find a cure for his eyes.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #109 published October 1952
was A Sight For Sore Eyes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4

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